Recipe for cooking buttermilk pound cake

Desserts to Go with Coffee and Tea :: Buttery Pound Cakes

Buttermilk Pound Cake

1/2 c. butter
1/2 c. shortening
2 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract or flavoring
2 c. sugar
5 eggs
3 c. sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 c. buttermilk

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and dust with flour a 10-in. tube pan.

Cream butter and shortening together. Add vanilla extract or flavoring gradually. Cream in sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.

Sift dry ingredients together and add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Pour batter into greased pan and bake for 1 1/4 hours.